8 favorite prefab homes

These stylish, ready-made homes and workspaces have moved the needle on architectural innovation in the West

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Breezehouse, Healdsburg, CA

The 2012 Sunset Breezehouse, built by Blu Homes, is the next generation of the design-savvy prefab we debuted in 2005, offering the benefits of an architect-designed custom home with the efficiency of prefab construction. The best elements of our original blueprint remain: soaring, light-filled spaces that blur the line between indoors and out; thoughtful storage; and eco-friendly, energy-efficient construction.

Blu Homes made this architectural icon even more green (all models are LEED certifiable) and technologically advanced—a solar-thermal water heater, radiant-heated floors. It’s also easier to build: Framed with recycled steel, each room is assembled in a state-of-the-art factory before it’s buttoned up and trucked to the building site.